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Exclusive Interview: the lovely Union J chat to GLAMOUR

Aren't we lucky ladies at GLAMOUR? On Friday, we got to go down to Westfield Stratford and meet the four guys from Union J, who were in the middle of doing a surprise concert for all their fans.

Promoting SingStar: Ultimate Party, the new PlayStation game where you can sing along to all your favourite tracks, the boys burst out onto the shopping scene and even sang along to some songs with their uber-excited fans.

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When we caught up with them later, the boys laughed: "We love surprising our fans!" but admitted that they felt slightly awkward "because people were just walking round doing their shopping!"

Of course, the boys found fame on The X Factor, so we had to ask what they thought of this year's competitors.

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"It's amazing, I think it's too early to pick a winner, I think it's going to take another couple of weeks for someone to find their feet and show what they're best at," Josh said.

JJ added: "I dont think there's so much individual-ness, most people seem to have moulded into one. So for example, in our year, there were people like Rylan who were so out there, James Arthur was so different, Ella was so different. Jermaine was just this cute lad with this ridiculous range and Chris Maloney was so awful." [All the boys burst out laughing.] "Literally awful. I'm just being honest."

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Any favourites, we asked?

Jaymi straight away said: "Fleur!"

What about Andrea Faustini, we asked? He is secretly (not so secretly) one of our faves.

"Yeah, but he likes pugs," the boys all agreed. As if that's a bad thing!

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"I dont think he's been living up to his first audition," Jaymi added. "The first audition was amazing and the last two weeks have been okay but some other people like Fleur have been working hard and getting noticed. I think Andrea needs to pull it out the bag now."

And are they still in touch with all the other judges and contestants from their X Factor journey?

"It is sad," Jaymi said. "I always say to contestants that they should try and stay close as the final twelve, because so many people don't bother."

JJ disagreed: "I dont think it's that they don't bother, I think everyone's so busy doing different things that they just don't have time. It's not like a normal 9-5 job."

And of course, we wanted to know if the boys have matured since their rollercoaster experience.

"I'm just sat here stroking my beard that has grown overnight," George joked, but then Josh added seriously: "We understand the industry more. X Factor is such a different world to what we do now every day. You're chucked into a whirlwind and we were lucky to have great people around us. I think we've grown up a hell of a lot - but our tour manager would probably say otherwise!"

What advice would they offer to boyband Stereo Kicks? "Get on, don't fall out and get on," the boys all chimed in. "Eight people, eight egos, eight voices. It's tough to split a song when there are four people, let alone eight, so there are going to be times when not everyone will sing. It is really hard but you've just got to find a way to deal with it."

We couldn't leave without asking about how the boys have coped with fame. "It's a dream come true. When fans throw their bras at us, we just put them on and embrace it!" the boys joked.

And lastly, who would make the best X Factor judge out of the four boys?